Fantastic! Great one on one bonding time away from it all!

 

you can have some of ours up here in Flag. It snows like once a week whether we need/want it or not. lol

 

Anyone care to join me on my chiva falls shakedown run next saturday?

 

Hola my fellow AZ Jeepers .... the mouse is still alive and kicking

Well... I'm about 98% certain I need to change out my IAC valve. It's showing a number of the symptoms of one that is starting to fail. Normally I would take it off and clean the you know what out of it... but I'm darn near certain it's original to the Jeep so I'm just going to bite the bullet on it and get a new one. Thought they were cheap... well not really....about 70 bucks. for a BWD (which I'm a fan of that brand)... and probably do a good cleaning on the throttle-body as well either at the same time, or next weekend at the latest.

 

 

Good to see... I have had my hands full also lately.

 

I probably have some also.

 

We might not hear back from him until tonight or this weekend. He has been busy as heck at work from what he was telling me by PM this morning.

 

Just thought I'd add that I've been running an SMP IAC since 2014-15. Never missed a beat so far. It's ~half the price of BWD.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...180314&jsn=384

 

Thank you Earl!

 

Sure thing!

 

thanks... may have to check that out. Not sure about how sensors and the like are handled through shipping like that. Plus where I am, if it's not shipped via something like USPS small package priority mail, it's a PITA for delivery since I work long hours through the week. But at that price, worth checking into.

 

where in az are you?

 

I would ask Cruiser what he might have. He might have a new one to send you and he is right down the street. (Az wise... lol)

 

Well POO..... just checked my OBDII port... hasn't thrown a single code. So I'm starting to think that maybe the IAC is not my issue. Had her up to temp. and tried turning the a/c on. and the IAC valve did exactly what it's supposed to.

I'm starting to think that I've been cursed with the dreaded Jeep vacuum leak here. I'm thinking that maybe when she's not up to full operating temp yet, that lines are cold, and may allow for some air to get by where it shouldn't. And once she's warm, it seals right up and issue goes away. Can I prove it? not yet, haven't done a smoke test. But man... finding an air/vacuum leak on a Jeep XJ is like finding a single specific pine cone in a National forest blind-folded.... grr.... not my day. I would've rather had it be a part that is easily replaced instead of having to hunt this crap down. Can't leave it as is, because if it's a small leak now... will probably only get worse down the line.